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Amateur Sports

Southwest: A Day at John Bartram High School’s Football Homecoming

December 19, 2021Madison Rae Karas

The day’s 34-0 win vitalized Bartram football team’s players, coaches, and decades of alumni.

Amateur Sports

Amateur Sports: Beat The Streets Developing Wrestlers On And Off the Mat

April 18, 2017Gregory Frank and

Beat The Streets Philadelphia aids student-athletes in more ways than one. The organization prides itself on giving academic and athletic support to underprivileged wrestlers. “Whether they need transportation, new uniforms, food for tournaments, accommodations for overnight

Mantua

Mantua: “They Help Me and They Say, ‘Don’t Be Afraid.'”

March 11, 2016Thomas D Reifsnyder and

When Saquan Dixon walks through the Mantua section of West Philadelphia, he feels a vibe much different from the Kensington neighborhood where he was raised. Neither Mantua, also known as “The Bottom,” nor his neighborhood in

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